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Machine Learning in Complex Networks

  • This book combines two important and popular research areas: complex networks and machine learning

  • This book contains not only fundamental background, but also recent research results

  • Numerous illustrative figures and step-by-step examples help readers to understand the main idea and implementation details

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Introduction

    • Thiago Christiano Silva, Liang Zhao
    Pages 1-13
  3. Complex Networks

    • Thiago Christiano Silva, Liang Zhao
    Pages 15-70
  4. Machine Learning

    • Thiago Christiano Silva, Liang Zhao
    Pages 71-91
  5. Network Construction Techniques

    • Thiago Christiano Silva, Liang Zhao
    Pages 93-132
  6. Network-Based Supervised Learning

    • Thiago Christiano Silva, Liang Zhao
    Pages 133-141
  7. Network-Based Unsupervised Learning

    • Thiago Christiano Silva, Liang Zhao
    Pages 143-180
  8. Network-Based Semi-Supervised Learning

    • Thiago Christiano Silva, Liang Zhao
    Pages 181-205
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 323-331

About this book

This book explores the features and advantages offered by complex networks in the domain of machine learning. In the first part of the book, we present an overview on complex networks and machine learning. Then, we provide a comprehensive description on network-based machine learning. In addition, we also address the important network construction issue. In the second part of the book, we describe some techniques for supervised, unsupervised, and semi-supervised learning that rely on complex networks to perform the learning process. Particularly, we thoroughly investigate a particle competition technique for both unsupervised and semi-supervised learning that is modeled using a stochastic nonlinear dynamical system. Moreover, we supply an analytical analysis of the model, which enables one to predict the behavior of the proposed technique. In addition, we deal with data reliability issues or imperfect data in semi-supervised learning. Even though with relevant practical importance, little research is found about this topic in the literature. In order to validate these techniques, we employ broadly accepted real-world and artificial data sets. Regarding network-based supervised learning, we present a hybrid data classification technique that combines both low and high orders of learning. The low-level term can be implemented by any traditional classification technique, while the high-level term is realized by the extraction of topological features of the underlying network constructed from the input data. Thus, the former classifies test instances according to their physical features, while the latter measures the compliance of test instances with the pattern formation of the data. We show that the high-level technique can realize classification according to the semantic meaning of the data. This book intends to combine two widely studied research areas, machine learning and complex networks, which in turn may generate broad interests to scientific community, mainly to computer science and engineering areas.

Keywords

  • Community Detection
  • Complex Networks
  • Data Classification
  • Data Clustering
  • Machine Learning

Reviews

“The book explores the combined area of complex network-based machine learning. It presents the theoretical concepts underlying the two complementary parts as well as those related to their interaction with respect to supervised, unsupervised and semi-supervised learning. The latest developments in the field, together with real-world test scenarios, are additionally treated in detail.” (Catalin Stoean, zbMATH 1357.68003, 2017)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Central Bank of Brazil, Departament of Research (Depep), Distrito Federal, Brazil

    Thiago Christiano Silva

  • Computer Science and Mathematics, University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

    Liang Zhao

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eBook EUR 93.08
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  • ISBN: 978-3-319-17290-3
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
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  • Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout
Softcover Book EUR 120.99
Price includes VAT (Finland)
Hardcover Book EUR 164.99
Price includes VAT (Finland)